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UNMC collaboration tracks rapid strep tests in pharmacies

Omaha-area Hy-Vee customers among first in U.S. to be offered test outside medical setting.

Feb 5, 2014

Hy-Vee pharmacist Tori McCarthy performs the kind of nose swab needed for rapid flu tests on principal investigator Don Klepser, Ph.D.

Joseph D. & Millie E. Williams Science Hall: New name for a new era

Building’s focus will be on cutting-edge research, education.

Jan 28, 2014

Joe and Millie Williams

NIH grant to advance Dr. Kielian’s research

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., professor of pathology and microbiology, receives a $500,000 grant to study Juvenile Batten disease.

Jan 20, 2014

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D.

Pharmacy students shine in national competition

Caroline Jamison and Ashley (Paseka) Schenk nab a Top 10 finish at a national clinical skills competition.

Dec 31, 2013

Caroline Jamison and Ashley (Paseka) Schenk

Researcher takes aim at leukemia in earliest stages

Her father’s illness helped Kate Hyde, Ph.D., choose her research focus.

Dec 23, 2013

Kate Hyde, Ph.D.

Julie Oestreich, Pharm.D., Ph.D., recognized for teaching excellence

Dr. Oestreich is honored with College of Pharmacy’s Distinguished Teaching Award.

Dec 6, 2013

Julie Oestreich, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Dual-task study may show path to battling dementia

Dawn Venema, Ph.D., and Joseph Siu, Ph.D., plan to expand study on patients dealing with the disease.

Nov 25, 2013

Dawn Venema, Ph.D., and Joseph Siu, Ph.D., work with a research subject as part of their study.

Former football player tackles tough subject: TBI

See the video: Medical student Paul Homer turns from football to research on the effects of traumatic brain injury.

Oct 23, 2013

Paul Homer took the field for the Washington Huskies from 2006 to 2009.

Pharmacy students’ rotation spins them half a world away

UNMC students among the few from the the United States to complete pharmacy rotations in China.

Oct 21, 2013

From left, Lingli Zhang, M.D., chief pharmacist and director of pharmacy at West China Second University Hospital and adjunct professor of pharmacy practice at UNMC, P4 students Mike Dibble and Casey Koch, and Keith Olsen, Pharm.D., chair of pharmacy practice, pose proudly with Dibble and Koch in their new white coats in Chengdu, China. Dibble and Koch are the first UNMC students to have completed pharmacy rotations in China.

Postdoc to be honored at Friday’s seminar

Tara Nordgren, Ph.D., to receive Pathway to Independence Award on Friday.

Oct 17, 2013